So now some of my fellow liberals are calling for a mutiny of the Generals. No, goddamnit. If anyone is going to do something to a President who disregards the War Powers Act, it has to be Congress. That Congress is a herd of sheep does not put this in the hands of the military.

"trump being stuck in 1987" is an underrated take. Most of his shit - beefs about the trade deficit, NATO spending, and foreign aid, for example - are from that era.

Look fellow libs, "international law" is the functional equivalent of Kavanaugh Stops. A flimsy pretext, and the guys with guns can do whatever they want. You want to appeal to something, how about Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution? Similarly toothless, but at least it is ours.

Hate to be so one-causal about things, but the difference between pardoning one cartel-ish head of state and waging a war to grab an accused one would seem to be oil.

Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York

One of those modernist horrors the fascists are always on about.

Waaaay back when, I applied to a legal aid org. The director told me flat out that they needed to hire a non-white attorney. I shrugged and thought, "OK, I will be overworked and underpaid somewhere else." I also thought that was not a great thing for him to say out loud. Because I was a lawyer.

I'd bet we are midway through at least the 9th consecutive decade of "man's alienation from ..." think pieces.

I was thinking about going back to the Church, but the possibility of the Chicago Diocese's acts of contrition frankly terrifies me.

🎶 I heard there was a secret Ford That bargain shoppers all ignored But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶 Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars. I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.

When I was very young, my grandma and great aunt took me to see Disney's Robin Hood. They spoiled me! Popcorn and even the picture book they had in the lobby. Plus the time with them. Aunt Mal would be gone a few years later, but we had another 40 or so with Grandma.

I arrived late to napping. Like hell I am giving it up.

Mark Kelly here, gonna keep spamming you until you give up on what you believe in and decide I do in fact belong in jail.

Land of Lincoln lives up to its tradition as a free state.

Rich guys who read science fiction was once seen as a prescription for great things. (Primarily by SF authors.) Now confirmed as inspiring failed attempts at dystopia.

You want to inspire healthy patriotism in young Americans? Let them witness the success of those who have striven to become Americans.

Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)

Niche legal issue of the day: overrule the Insular Cases!

As has become traditional - household Thanksgiving the weekend before the big extended family festivities.

I don't want to brag, but I knew Matt Thornhill when he was merely an insufferable and obnoxious prosecutor.

Ross Douthat Asks: Did Women Ruin Filibustering?

"The U.S. attorney’s office made the surprise move just hours before a hearing ... where defense attorneys were expected to describe new texts from the Border Patrol agent who shot Martinez and discuss witnesses for an upcoming hearing[.]" Yeah, that'll happen.

A (horrible) alternate reality, inspired by yesterday. #Cloudflare #Teletext #TeletextArt #Art

This is true. In more decent times, public figures worked harder to spare us from their disgusting selves.

Idea seed for Cook County.

All about protecting the strategic Viagra reserve.

I am going to let my heirs know right now that if they want their payday, they will have to spend at least six months pretending to be interested in my extensive collection of Grandpa Simpson -style anecdotes.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be Nick Charles.

It was only a matter of time.

Hypothesis: old people are so crabby because they are still watching commercials.

Is someone actually saying that expecting someone to not get a Nazi tattoo is holding them to impossible standards? It is remarkably easy not to get any kind of tattoo. All you have to do is nothing.

I wonder which liberals don't recognize this? Those familiar with the Cold War are not the least bit surprised about the idea of an international connection between movements hostile to democracy. For example, the Kremlin just switched ends of the horseshoe.

The Long Good Friday. Late 1970s British gangsters in suits. Bob Hoskins and the unimprovable Hellen Mirren. Funny, it includes The Godfather trope that protagonist mobsters don't run drugs.

Circus peanuts. For god's sake, why? Godfather III. I don't care how it's reedited or whatever, just no. MacArthur Park. <glowers in 70's kid>

Approaching Obama-level Hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWd...

Judgespeak for, "The only reason this is taking so long is that your arguments, while transparently dumb, are legion."

To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, "How could they tell?"

This is what we have lost.

I'm just glad my parents identified as people who loved their children.

Nobody in the Democratic Party would be the slightest bit surprised if Bill Clinton wound up in the Epstein business, nor would they fall all over themselves to defend him. That's a Team Red thing.

Truth.

The fan service in Rogue One contributes to its strengths and weaknesses. Strengths. They know that we know where this is going. Shooting Vader's boarding the rebel frigate as a horror movie or Aliens scene is awesome. Weaknesses. The CGI Tarkin and (especially) Leia drop kick you out of the movie.

Rewatching the big command conference in "Rogue One." Wow, the Rebellion really needs a George Washington or General Giap. Death Star? Just another name for Yorktown or Dien Bien Phu.

Nothing is so bad that fraudsters cannot make it even worse.

Pay no attention to the occupation army. Pretend they are just drunk drivers and public urinators doing their community service.

What a burden to be old enough to know who Dean Cain is

On the up side, smarter, more deserving countries may inherit the Earth.

"Make this guy's life sound better, but plausibly so. I mean, not so much that people who knew him would actually laugh."

Not very common take: a competent oligarch would have used his White House influence to get immunity from lawsuits instead of torpedoing USAID clean water projects in South Sudan.

The bait-and-switch subject line of an ultimately disappointing Kickstarter email.